In a video shared by police on social media, the bikes were filmed getting crushed at a scrapyard.
The force said it was often asked why they don't sell the bikes and give the money to charity.
"It's simply because they can't be ridden legally on the roads or in public spaces - so if we sold them there's every chance they could be ridden illegally or dangerously again," it said.
OMG, if they simply bin the controller and wheel hub/motor then you have a bike that at most requires a new wheel, might have decent parts too so at the very least they should be stripped for parts and the batteries will be worth a few bob?
Cops not set up to for this however there are are charity recycling schemes where I live that receive old bikes from various sources, strip them, do them up and give them out to, for example recently to Ukrainian refugees, really no need in this day and age to be crushing anything...the response of the cops is moronic IMHO...